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Patented Feb. 20, |900.

W. D. PAYNE.

GUTTER.

(Appumion med oct. so, 1899.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

VILLIAM D. PAYNE, OF TENALLYTOVN, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

GUTTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 643,677, dated February20, 1900. Application led OCtObel 30, 1899. Serial No. 735,242. (Nomodel.)

To all whom, it mfc/y concern.'

Be it known that I, WILLIAM D. PAYNE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Tenallytown, in the District of Columbia, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Gutters; and I do hereby declarethe following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to a simple and comparatively-inexpensive gutterfor footways or walks along the borders of lawns and gardenbeds; and ithas for its object to provide a gutter that can be easily kept in acleanly condition and having` few or no joints through which grass wouldbe likely to grow, as in` gutters constructed of brick or stone.

The invention consists of a gutter adapted especially to serve as a lawnedging or border and made from terra-cotta, burnt clay, or similarplastic material, with the peculiarities of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed.

In the annexed drawings, illustrating the invention, Figure l is aperspective view showing my improved gutter in position between the edgeof a lawn and a path or footway. Fig. 2 is a perspective of one sectionof my improved gutter. Fig. 3 is an end elevation of the same. Fig.' 4isa plan of a gutter-section having a curved form.

Referring to Fig. 1, the letter a designates a portion of a lawn, and brepresents an adjacent path or road. The gutter between the lawn'and thepath or road is composed of gutter-sections c, made from terra-cotta,burnt clay, or other suitable plastic material. Each gutter section mayhave any convenient length-say about four feet-and any width and depthdesired. The main or body portion of each gutter-section issemicylindrical, or approximately so, in form and is open at the top, asshown. The terra-cotta gutter is to be laid in a trench of suitabledepth, and for the purpose of preventing any lateral turning of agutter-section the bottom portion of each gutter section or piece isconstructed with a fiat base d, extended throughout the length of thegutter-section and of such width as to project laterally on each sidebeyond the curved gutter-wall. The lateral Iianges e, that are formed bythe extended portions of the flat base, serve as a convenient andreliable means for securing each gutter-section in its required positionwithout liability of turning or,tilting, for it will be readilyunderstood that when this gutter is properly laid the earth on each sidewill become wedged and packed into the approXimately-triangular spacebetween the curved walls of the gutter and the flanges e on each side.

One end of each gutter-section cis provided with curvedcoupling-flangesf, Figs. 2, 3, and 4, to receive the plain or uniangedend of the adjoining gutter-section. By means of these coupling-flangesfthe ends of the several guttersections are securely held together inproper alinement and in such manner as to form close joints. If desired,the joints between the several gutter -sections may be closed by anysuitable cement.

The gutter-sections c may be made straight, as shown in Figs. l and 2,or curved, as shown in Fig. 4, or they may be made with any suitablebend in their length to suit the contour of the lawn or garden-bed alongwhich they are to be placed.

Being made in lengths of about four or Iive feet with but few joints,and these easily closed with cement, and each gutter-section having asmooth and rounded drain-surface open at the top, the gutter can beeasily kept clean with little labor and is not liable to become chokedby grass growing in the joints. A gutter of this construction can bequickly and cheaply laid and is durable and thoroughly efficient as anedging for lawns, terraces, and ornamental parking.

What I claim as my invention is- 1. In an open-top gutter composed ofterracotta or similar plastic material and adapted to form an edging forlawns, the herein-described gutter-section consisting of asemicylindrical body portion provided with a fiat base extended on bothsides beyond said body portion of the gutter to form lateral base-Iianges, substantially as specified.

2.- In an open-top gutter composed of terracotta or the like and adaptedto form an edg- In testimony whereof I afx my signature in presence oftwo witnesses.

VILLIAM D. PAYNE.

Witnesses;

J. C. QUADE, E. A. PAUL.

